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This document summarizes fatty acid metabolism. It describes the structure of fats and triglycerides, and the transport and beta-oxidation of fatty acids. Beta-oxidation is a process that breaks down fatty acids in the mitochondria to generate acetyl-CoA. This involves fatty acid activation, the role of carnitine, and four enzymatic reactions per turn of the cycle. Stearic acid undergoes 8 cycles of beta-oxidation to yield 9 units of acetyl-CoA and 122 ATP. Unsaturated and odd-numbered fatty acids also unde

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